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Recent Examples of disingenuous
To me, his complaints sound disingenuous.
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R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
The poster said the contrast between that hurtful moment and her mother-in-law’s sudden enthusiasm for the pregnancy felt disingenuous.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
In the course of the next eleven hundred pages, this sales pitch starts to seem a little disingenuous.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Calling any other song their finest hour would be disingenuous at best.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
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R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
The poster said the contrast between that hurtful moment and her mother-in-law’s sudden enthusiasm for the pregnancy felt disingenuous.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
In the course of the next eleven hundred pages, this sales pitch starts to seem a little disingenuous.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Calling any other song their finest hour would be disingenuous at best.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disingenuous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disingenuous
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More and more people are avoiding dating or befriending those with opposing political views, and growing numbers describe those on the other side as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent.—
Justin Callais,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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His judgments about the characters—both famous and obscure—who mattered in this low, dishonest era are always persuasive.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Musk has accused Altman of fraud and other deceitful behavior in a case scheduled to go to trial in late April.—
Michael Liedtke,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Their false claims about getting financially fleeced by Uncle Sam were fueled by a rather sophisticated, albeit deceitful and shameful lobbying campaign, sponsored by greedy gadflies out to make a quick buck.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Federal authorities announced an investigation Friday of two immigration officers who appeared to have made untruthful statements under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Trump, of course, was rude, untruthful, and excessively, if not quite so egregiously, long-winded in his first term, too.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps more meaningfully, the message is the antithesis of a contrived political pitch or a hectoring sermon.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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The signs were widely criticized as contrived and Green’s protest was something of a distraction.—
Steve Peoples,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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The permanent observer of the 22-nation Arab League, Maged Abdelaziz, suggested Israel was being hypocritical in justifying its military attack by saying it was intended to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.—
Edith M. Lederer,
Fortune,
28 Feb. 2026
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A lot of the other complaints about Cluely seem similarly hypocritical.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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When forty children remained quiet for an extended period, the world took on an eerie quality—natural or unnatural, who could say, but glorious all the same.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Synthetic audio can sound unnatural or inconsistent.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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Or, there are a few things audiences shouldn’t even think about during one, let alone find the time to worry about — especially not if our seemingly devious criminals aren’t worrying about them, either.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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That’s when my twelve-year-old brain experienced its first devious epiphany.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Today, investigators released a video recovered from her entryway camera, showing a person—masked, gloved, carrying what appears to be a holstered gun—at her door during the hours of the assumed abduction.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz indicated the Razmias alias may be the defendant’s true identity, with Stoian being an assumed name.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Disingenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disingenuous. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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